First Smalle ice fishing

[bassrods]

Well I headed up to Rockport about noon to see how much ice it has...

It has from 4" to 5 1/2" of ice and getting more, when I got there it was 7 at 12:30 and just got colder, fished in ice water from 38' to 15' got a few perch and three trout and my first 14" small mouth bass threw the ice for this year headed home at 5:00 temp by then was 4 ....
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[Theekillerbee]

Smallies are hard to come by through the ice. I'll bet it was a fun fight!
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[bassrods]

Yes it did fight good I go up on Jordanelle as much as I can this time of year just for the bass with my boat ...

I have heard for years that bass don't bite in winter very good but the more I fish for them the more I find was not true about bass and cold water...
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[Fin-S-Fish]

Lmb are more fun for me to ice, lol. But did get a few smallies at pine last year.
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[ironworker]

great report Cliff. thanks for sharing. [cool]
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